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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
A Bold Highway Robbery.

Sherm IN, Tex, Nov. ga bold hien-
way robbery occurred about six miles
north Of the city a; an early hour Tuesday
evening. A man by the name of Um
Lawrence, who lived at the village of
Howe, few miles south OF the city, had
been on a business trip in the northern
part of the country and wss returning
when he met Two men on horseback. One
was of dark complexion and the other was
of heavy stature and fair face, with a
scar under his eye. The two men asked
Lawrence some questions a5out the road
and Suddenly ordered him to hold up,
drawing pisiuls on him. He obeyed and
they relieved hin of Sos in cash and then
took their departure
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Cash Well Spent,
A Good Speech.

st. Joe Gazet e.
speaking of reporting speeches.
said an Old-tlme reporter. now an ell
iior, ''Jnce, fifteen or six cen years
ago, [ was city editor of the Kansas
City Journal, which meant in those
days that was tie entire staff. barring
Col. BIB Van Horn. who Was the ed
itor and proprietor, and is yet. largely.
j. Milton Turner, the colored Missouri
politician, who has been minister to
Liberia, came to Kansas City to make
q speech at colured picnic. Col.
Van Horn told me to go out to the
place and report Turner'S speech. l
went. and j. Milton started OH his adj
dress. For about two 'stickfuls' he
Was splendid. then he left his memoir
lied speech and started off on his own
hook, and he talked of Napoleon and
Hannibal, the Greeks and Spartacus.
of Thebes and Carthage, and all that
sort of rot, and his speech had about
as much consistency AMI conference as
if he had been reading straight across
a newspaper, regardless of column
rules. / struggled with him q while,
but could make nothing OF the matter,
and SD reported when 1 got back to
Col. Van Horn. oh. go on he said,
and write speech for the man. |
did so, and it was a good speech. ]
know, for l wrute it my self. Next
morning Turner came in and bought
a hundred copies of the paper and
said it contained the best speech he
ha,i ever had repurted, and it was too.
I'm a judge of speeches, / tell you"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
A Woman Sends q Message.

Philadelphia News.
81 want to send a message in a
great hurry
The Western Union operator braced
himself for rush" message.
"It's to Chicago"
swell, we have an open wire to
Chicago"
"Can you send it right awayf"
"Yes madam"
"Well, you see Emma's baby's sick
and Charlie is away on trip"
well what shall | say. madam !?
"You see, l can't just think where
he is. Do you know"
The operator had to admit that he
did not.
well, suppose you send to Chi
cago."
"Well, suppose you do. Where is
he ?"
Have you a Chicago directory
here ?"
Eyes ma'am," handing it to her.
81 am afraid / have forgotten the
address"
"What business is he in :"
81 don't know he makes good
living, though. Don't you think n
telegram addressed to Chicago would
reach him 7"
"I'm afraid not"
"Well, then I'll go home and find
out his address. Can you tell me the
nearest ear that will lake me home 7"
"NO ma am | can not"
"Well, it seems queer to me that
You telegraph operators don't know
anything"
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
A F,endish stepmother.

Wellington o., November 3.-Tuesdsy
night a horrible double murder WAS com-
United in spencer, on the town line be.
tween Spencer and Pen6eld. the vic'ims
beng idiot girls by the name of Gillet
The mur.ieress was their stepmother, who
went to The chamber and beat the poor,
idiotic girls over the head with a club
until they were quite dead. Then she
poured coal oil over their bed and carried
dried leaves and scattered over
them. She then set Ere 10 the bed.
Nei. hbor-, seeing the light from the win
dow, hsstened TO the scene ami found the
siepmolher removing ARTICLES OF furniture
from the house while the husband and
father yet slrpt. Upon inquiring as to
what the trouble was, the vreIched woman
told them that some one had bsen there
and murdered the girls and Set FIRE to the
house. They at once charged her with the
dreadful deed, and had her ARRESTED. The
FIRE wss extingaished before the bodies
were much burned.
The cause of the deed was TO rid herself
of the trouble of carisg for the unfortunate
Creatures and TO get the insurance on the
house, us she had just had it insured.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
She Was TEMPTED.

St. Louis, Nov. 3.-Detective Frank Frs
kline has Just succeeded in clearing up
a mysterious robbery, in which pocket
baok containing $1,000 was involed. On
Chestnut street, near Jefferson avenue, re-
sided q well known sporting man, while
stopping in the same house was a married
lady and her daughter, who has Tor some
time been separated froil her husband on
account of his drinking. The woman, al
though not pretty, had striking form
which captivated the heart of the sporting
man. She would frequently. make visits
to his room, and they apparently became
very strongly attached to each other. One
morning the woman went to his room only
to find that her gentleman friend had just
stepped out. In the dressing case lay a
pocket book filled with money, to the
the money, the woman carried Oh with her,
and, going out shopping, made some pur-
chases at Famous, which she asked be sent
TO Louisville, KY, AMI she would
pay the charges. Just before the
package was handed over TO be express
ed tie woman asked that she be given the
box for minute. As she afterward ad-
mitted she took stocking out of il, and
taking the remaining 1898 out of the $1,000
p aced it in the stocking to be expressed
She gave an alias name TO the clerk, and
the package was sent by the Adams ex-
press to Louisville. Meanwhile Detective
Erskine had been at work on The missing
wallet and had traced it up sufficiently to
find that he was right. He informed ASST
Supt. Calhoun, of the Adams Express COM
psny, of these fac.s, and telegraphic cor
respondence was at once opened Hp between
the Adams Express officers of this city and
Louisville. The package was found to
have been lying in the Louisville express
cfice for more than three weeks awaiting a
claimant Detective Er,kine, accompanied
by the sporting man, went to Louisville and
recovered the box and the money, 1913
Was found in the stocking. On account of
the good standing of the woman's husband,
and also of the woman herself and her
daughter, there was no prosecution.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
ENGLISH NEEplEWoMEN. !

The Pitiable Condition OF Female foGBoR1
I'm England and Ireland.
Low class plain sewing 10 wrstchedly
paid. There existed short while since
West End shop which paid Ia sdoseA
to London seamstresses for machines
made Oxford shirts, and lid. each,
buttonholes included, 10 still q common
wage. But one shop must not b
judged by another, and the better class
of traders pay their workers as highly
as the selling price will allow them to.
Yet even in these cases the earnings
Of the plain needlewoman are small
Six shillings is q high price to pay for
the making of lady's nightdress.
yet there Is from three TO i've days
work in such a garment when finely
tucked and made by hand, so that IS Q
day is the highest earnings of skilled
"white" worker employed by a high
class firm. Her neighbor, no less pro.
ficient, but working for q cheaper
house, gets only IS. Cd. or IS. Cd. for
the same garment, yet the wonder 10
rather that her employer pays her %
well than that he pays so badly. for he
has to compete with his fellow-trades.
man, the seller of convent and peni-
Tertiary work, and with him who deals
In the cheap and excellent labor mar.
kets of Ireland and France. The greater
part of the cheap ready-made under.
clothing now sold in London Ia
of Irish make, and every one must be
familiar with the typical Irish night
dress, varying in price from rs. to los,
and with the front entirely composed
OF exquisite fine tucks, 30 small and
closely set that there are from 40 to Is
on each side, making between 80 and
30 across the breast; the collar and
wristbands are formed of the small fine
tucks, and the hens are embellished
with fine fancy stitching called heath
ering. and the garment 10 trimmed with
Swiss or Madeira work, gathered and
then stitched on. Such night-dresses.
better stitched than the average So. Cd.
to IS. London articles, are made in the
country districts round Londonderry
for %. I'd, or 26s. the dozen. And for
this price the worker has often TO walk
five miles from her home to receive her
work and to return il when finished.
carrying her bundle of finished work
with her and returning with her IN.
made pieces. This ten-mile journey 10
. sore addition TO the burden Of half.
starved and weakly life. And the Irish
too. has often others de-
pending upon her. Among the small
cotters the earnings of the women are
often in these bad times all that the
family has to depend on. and some %
the most beautiful underlinen has been
made literally in a pigstye by the wom-
enkind of evicted cottera-F Aob4
Robinson, In Fortstght!y RsrseO.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
A Runaway Husband Captured.

Lexington. Mo, November 3.-SOme
tine in 1885 Lewis Coates, farmer living
near this city, abandoned his wife and
family, taking rather an unceremonious de-
psrture for parts unknown, and with him
went q Miss Decker. a warrant was sworn
out for his arrest, charging him with de-
serting his wife, but his whereabouts being
unknown, il could not be served. Last
Sunday Coates returned to the nerghbor-
hood where he had formerly lived. bring
ing with him the woman whom he h d
taken sway. The officers were notified of
his return. and on Monday he was arrested
by Officer Howard Williams and placed in
the county Jail.
He claims to have been married to Miss
Decker, and if this be true a charge of big
amy will b. preferred sgainst him He
never been divorced from Mrs. c ates
Mrs. Coates, who has m rried since being
abandoned by him, her present husband
being Named Dante, was divorced from
Coates. A preliminary examination will
be held before Esquire Clayton next Thurs
day,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
FOOLISH YOUTH.
The Son of Sheriff Hill of Vern-
on County, Missouri, R0bs
the Mail.

Nevada, Mo-, Nov. deputy United
States Marshal Hall and Postofice In
spector Nelson have arrested Eide Hill,
aged Ia, and son of The sheriff Of this coun-
~, for robbing the United States mail.
About two months ago he was given a po-
sition in the Nevada postofic-. Last
month three postal notes aggregattng 1915.
and the matter was traced to
him. His father was apprised of the nat
ter, and The money replaced, hut not until
the matter had gained circulation among
the postofice officials. Bond was fixed al
$500, which was furnished by his father
The trial will come up at the May term of
the federal court at Kansas City.
Previous to accepting the position in the
Nevada postoffice young Hill had held
several responsible positions, and had al
ways been upright.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
The Young Murderer Lee.

Chicago, Nov. 3. Especial. For the
third time In as many weeks, Justice
Scully's court was this morning crowded
with people, anxious to get a glance at
ysupg Ralph Lee. who attempted to as
sass.nate his step.father, the well-known
banker and millionaire, Stephen w. Raw
son, as he was leaving the third Presby.
terrain church after divine service, Sunday,
October Is, last. The prisoner was as
noachslsnt as ever, and with his natiy
suit and kid gloves, and spectaclrs, pre-
sented quite q distinguished appearance.
Il MSS reported 10 the court that the victim
was sill not out of danger and the case
was accordingly again adjourned bail as
before, being refused. Lee takes the
matter very coolly and keeps in the best of
spirits. From the statements of the ply
sieians attending MIR. Rawson. it appears
that the condition of the wounded man is
still precarious. ard the ultimate result
problematical. One Gay he appears to be
gaining little strength, and the next his
general appearance indicates that he is at
death. door, All the bullets have not yet
been taken from the body. Two are in his
back, lodged somewhere near the abdomi-
nal organs and the surgeons are disinclined
Al tuCh PoASuso pieoCut SouuitiOuS W
probe any further for them. Another
bullet is imbedded in the hip and is the
source Of extreme pain and suffering yet.
II Ar. Ransom lives, ne will csrry these
uncontrolled bullets to his grave. Another
week will decide the sufferers fate. In
case he lives, j, is believed that he will put
all his property outside of his reach in
order that Mrs. Rawsen may be prevented
from getting a cent of it. Should he die,
she W II be entitled to q widows dover,
which would be one-third of his total pos
sessions 1t is now UNDERSTOOD that when
the case comes TO trisl, Lees defense will
be temporary insanity, occasioned by
mental anxiety arising from his sep
fathers attacks on bis mothers moral
character, and want and privation to
which he was reduced.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Killed ON His Plrst Trip.

Holden, Mo, Nov. SEA Menke came
here with bis bride, beautiful lady, i've
mon hs ago aud began breaking for Con-
dacior Bales until vacancy should occur.
Tuesday he to,k his FIRST train out as con-
ductor, and at IL o'clock Tuesday night,
near Ottawa, Kansas, he was cut ia pieces.
In passing over the train his foot slipped
and he fell under the wheels, and his Train
and ,he section following ran over him
both legs and DO ar rs being cut off and
SONS of the wheels passing over his chest,
cutting him In two.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
WEEDS His Sister-In-Law for Econ
Omy.

W6uS F1iS SISter.Iu-L6W kOf ISCOu"
Omy.
Dubuque Timer.
Theodore Hurth was q widower
when be arrived in Dubuque yesterday
morning on his way from Sank county,
Wisconsin, to Kansas. With him
were his sister-in-law and his three
children. He was going to Kansas to
buy farm, and his sister-in-law was
going with him to keep house and
take care If the little ones. Having to
wait at the depot some time for the
train he desired TO 60 west on, he he
gan studying the questi whether or
not he had BETTER ask his sister-in-law
to marry him. He concluded that he
would. He went over to where she
was sitting and popped the question.
The woman. whose name Was Miss
Anna Philip, did not lose any time
biting the Ell s of her apron or looking
in bashful manner at the floor, hut
said in a business-like way that she
would "have him" That settled it,
and leaving the children at the depot
they marched up town and proceeded
TO the office of Justice Duffy, who in
short time tied the nuptial knot.
After the ceremony had concluded he
said to the justice: You see. squire
I've known Anna since she was lit
tie girl. She is real smart and tidy,
and that was the reason why | wanted
her To- come along with me to Kansas.
All the way from Sauk t. Dubuque
I've had to pay for separate room
for her. and this yon see amounted to
considerable; so / begun to study
about the matter, and knowing that
both of us could occupy one room anG
thus save money if we were married |
concluded to ask her, aud you know
now what the result of the question
is"
On concluding he ''laughed out
loud, while the bride blushed little
AS sh sm led. The jus ice wished him
and his siIe long life of happiness,
shook hands with them, aud they
went their way. The woman must
have been a country belle IN her
younger days, as the rose of beauty
had not entirely faded from her cheek.
Cash Well Spent.
Money EXPENDED in personal adornment
is often fooli>hIy wasted upon articles If n
intrinsic value. A bottle of SOZODONr
however is worth its weight IN gold to any
one tr uLled with poor teeth, and its price
is cash we'll spent by the purchaser. Thoush
it viii! not mike the teeth regular. thy
who us. it are ssiOnished at the rapid i'm
prov-ment il effects in the dental row.
Moreover, they breathe sweetness, and hsv-
healthy gums and ruddy liIs.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
A Ventriloquist Sells a Parrot.
Bro ky Etgle

Bros ky E'gle
A young gentleman entered the
bird store ON Fulton street, near Re,
Hook lane, yesterday, To make pur-
chase While waiting or The aLlen-
danr, who was busy in the back part
of the st IRE, tn wait Oh him. he engaged
m conversation with Que ct the par.
rots that occupied one of the Cages
suspended from the ceiling. The con-
versaiion waxed very waIm between
the parrot and the young man in
tact ju ging from the parrots Iinguis-
tic bi.itv, she would b. useful To
either party in the coming campaign.
The exc anation of "Wunierful J"
from an elderly lady who had unob
served lis eued to- the debate, usei
the young IAN, who thought nobrdy
heard him. To beat u hasty re reat.
The elderly lady, who Was actually
in quest of n pirrot. ing ,ire'i the price
IF tn. Dir and was Ms Unished to hear
that it could he b ought fnr So, which
she Immediately paid, and after giving
directions to send it to her address,
she lett in high glee. 1t is needl. IS
TO say that the bird WAS low-priced
parrot that couldn't talk, and the
young mtn was Harry Kennedy, the
venrr 10 Iuist.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Strong Nerves
New York p,Jl

The eccentric Mrs. Emmous, OF
Washington, has appeared in new
role. Last Monday hight she gave a
pubic reading ut GsiIhersburg, Md.
The at enhance was large, and Mrs.
Emmnns scored success. While
reading "A s 'liIoquy" which she wrote
when only fifteen years of age she
burst into tears and was led from the
stage. II taxes very strong nerves TO
stand rhe ordeal of reciting youthful
poe ny 10 public.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Constipation Has Many Victims

thariic, the injection. the alsrient and The
laxative re d.str ing. Ties. are resort
almost in despair, a. he grius only brief
reSri,e.
By taking Simmons' Liver Regulator the
bowels will be gently moved as naturally
lsrity in taking medicine will soon effect
permanent relief.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Funeral { an Indian Trader.

Muskeeo, Wis, Nov. 3.-The funeral of
Aunable Vicau, the old Indian trader and
partner of Solomon Juneau, the founder of
Milwaukee, who died of paralysis on Mon
day, took place to-day and was very largely
attended Deceased was born It Green
Bay in 1870 and leaves q widow who is past
her eightieth year. In oiden times he act
ed as pescemsker between the Indians and
the whites, and his honesty and sense of
fair play made him q great favorite with
the redskins
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
A Family Slowly Starving.

Cincinnati, D., NV 8 The attention Of
the police MSS '-,isy called TO a case Of
vrrieheduess in the dwelling of Henry Per-
ing but lille mon.v rec ntly AMI his fami-
~ we're in rags and starving His father,
aged 50, died before hr could be removed
to the hospital and ia J. believed he starved
to death. The wife, N. a-ly blind, wss ia
ken to the hospital sun the children placed
in the ch;ldrei's ,oIne
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Lamar to Have q New Court
House,

Lamar. Mo-, Nov. Am election
was held here yesterday on PROPOSE
ton to build a new court house at an
expense of $4,000 aud Lamsr gave
$40 majority for only nine men voting
against it. Six other townships have
been heard from and the returns show
that the proposition has carried be-
yond a doubt.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Rrbuking His Admirers.

Post Disp'ich.
Mr.. Baine recently drank Mr..
Cleveland's health at Paris banquet.
Perhaps he wished to rebuke bis ar.
dent Philadelphia admirers. who for
got their good manner during the
presidents visit to thas CT y.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
MARRIAGE GUIDE

$50 RACES, rfne lo1eS.
Eli CANT cloth and giit binding. Sealed for sos
in m ney or postage stamps. Over fifty wonde-~
full N pictures, showing who may marry. wins
Manhood. womanhood. Physical decay. Whs
should marry. How life and happiness may Ls
increased. Those married or about t. rnarr5
should read u: of interest and value TO every
thinking man and woman. Popular ed,tsob,
.--,-- Disc addresc ~ w"TwyPS
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08
Seriously I'LL.

Macon, Ga, New. 2. Especial. ]-JefIer-
son Davis has been seriously i'll for several
days aud his family have been summoned
to his bedside. His death may occur at
any moment
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-08

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-28
No Confidence in Safes.

Chicago Journal.
Mr. Morton, cashier of the Pacific Hotel, tells
of recent arrival whose money, about 5000,
bothered him considerably. He wanted to
know If the house could take care of it over
night and would it be secure. On being in
formed that the money would be put into the
safe and receipt given, he asked if the house
couldn't give something in the way of security
like portable property" Finally he consented
to hand over the money, but every hour or SO he
inquired at the cashiers window if the money
was all right, and whether not it would not
be dangerous to leave il in the safe ali night
After dozen inquiries of this character he
stuck his head through the window and said
Say. mister, hand over that money. l reckon
I'll keep it by me, and then I'll know where it's
for that safe might be blown open, and then
where would / BET Gimme the BILLS He cot
them. and next morning said that he put them
in his pocket and slept in his breeches."